Magazine for wire-fence machines.



No. 842,980. PATENTED FEB. 5. 19o7.

Y 0. s. STURTEVANT.

MA GAZINE FOR WIRE FENCE HINES.

IAPPLYIOATION FILED APR. '2 1. 1

. 2 SHEETS-411E131! 1.

INVENTOR.

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Be it known that 1,,ORAXGE S. STURTE- vixnf'a citi'zen'of theUnitedStates, and a resident of Adria-min the county of Lenawee 5 andjState of Michigan, have invented certain new id useful Improvements inMagazines torWne-Fence Mach nes; and I do hereby declare the tollowmg'to'be'a tull, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawv i11gs,"and'to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which forn'i a part ofthis specification; t

'My invention relates to looms for the main ufactureof woven-wirefencing, and particularly to improvements in magazines whichare'emploved inconjunction with the weav- 2c ing parts of such machinesfor holding a plu ralit v of woof or stay wires preparatory to the"intermittent dropping thereof into position to be'woven' to'the warp orline wires of the fabric,

2 5' The obj ectofmv invention is the provision of a magazine of thekind described which is constructed to carry a plurality of woof or staywires in full view of the operator, where-v by a shortbent or otherwisedefective wiresection may be detected and removed from the weaving partsprior to the securing thereof to the warp or line wires and a perfectone substituted therefor without necessitating the stopping of the 100m,andwhich is also" providedwith improved mechanism for intermittentlydropping i and imparting a spaced s'tep-by-step movement to the wiresWithin the magazine, whereby a accurate feed thereof is effected; I

While the essential and characteristic features'of the invent-ion arenecessarily susce ptible of niodifioat-ionfthe' preferred embodimeritsthereof are illustrated in the accompanving drawings, in whichb Figure'l1s a side elevation of mvimproved positive and magazine, together with apair'of the'cot'jp erat-ing dies and portions of the loom to" whichthefmagazin'e and ,dies are attached, with the movable parts shown inthe position which thev assume when the table or beam carrying th e'mova'ble die is approaching its limit of forward "or clenching movement;

Figpz is" a similar viewof a portion of the cwas;memes,swam a ,YYIRE FEXCE,,,,COMPAYY, ADRIAX, MICHIGAX; AgGQRPQBA l0 .JM AGAZINE-sFdWIRE-FENCE iviAc iN is I Specification-of Letters Patent. 7

- i Application sledssi 21, 190a. 'SeiialNo. 312,972.

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. Patented Feb. 5, 1907 tive positions of the parts when the table or" 5beam'carrying the-movabledies is at its' limit of rearward or openingmovement."

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a slightlvmiodi fied form of the magazinewith the movable parts thereof shown in intermediate position.' Fig. ALis a'frontelevation of the drop-shaft magazine shown 'in' F ig; 3; andFig. 5 is a front elevation, on a reduced scale, of apor tion' of adrop-shaft with a plurality of maga zine parts associated therewith,together with a portion'of the movable table'or beam, Referring'to thedrawings, 1 represents the stationary beam or table carrying the fixeddies :2 of the loom, and'S the movable beam or table, which extends inparallelism'with the beam or table 1 and carries't'he movable dies; ofthe loom. Disposed over the movf able" beam or table 3andextentli1ig'Uans-' versely'of the 100111 is a drop-shaft- 5,'which'is provided on its surface with one 'or more 7 grooves into whichthefee'd wire' 6', from which the woof or stay wir'e sections Tare."

cut, is fed. 'This shaft is actuated by suit able mechanism to revolveand crop a wiresection from its groove at proper intervals,

the severing of the section: from its thread.

being effected b3" the revolving of the shaft past a fixed shearing partor in anvfotheis'ultable manner; A segmental cap-strip S suimountstheshaft 51501 the purpose ofc'ov ering the groove when in'itsnor11'i'afl" positioi'1' orduring "the teed of. the wire therein and 1s"carried on the under side of the cross-beam 9 of the 100111. g

The magazine comprisnig the teatures'of invinvention consistsinsuspending 'aplurahtv of hl t'e magazines "orw re-recelvnig parts A.1n'sultablespaced relation from the beam 9 whereby asthe'wii'e-sections' 1 are dropped from the shaft 5 they are receivedbysaid. parts and caused-to be intermittently fed to the weaving 'parts'oi-the loom. .These wire receiving parts each consists of a hanger-armlO,having its upper e1id'-i'asl1 ioned to hook over or engage withth'e beam9. to'which it is securely fastened b v a setscrew 11 and its lower orpendent; end extendingdownwardly at the rear of the shai't 5 below theplane of its under surface. This rm 10 is either castinte- IOC gral withor attached in any suitable manner to theupper end of aforwardly-extending rearwardly-inclined member 12, which has,

"spacedrelation to form a-guideway 17 betweeirit and the member 12 forthe passage of the wire-sections and has its upper or rear end'zbentupwardly in advance of the shaft 5 and "secured to the upper end of thehanger-- c, by h lt r screw 18, as shown.

On one side of the inclined member 12 are mounted a plurality ofoscillatoryfingers or rocker-arms 19, whichhave their pivots disposed ina common plane,-but in different horizontal planes and equidistantlyspaced longitudinally of said member. gers havetheir lower or power endspivoted in spaced relation to a common link or con necting member 20'-and their ,free ends broadened and formed with two lips 21 and 21"*,-which are suitably positioned toialternatelyproject across the guideway17 of the magazlne as the fingers are oscillated first in one directionand then another, thus taining the wire-sections 7 in spaced relationtherein and impeding the free passage of the wire-sections 7therethrough.

A properly-timed oscillatory movement is impartedto the fingers 19 fromthe movable table or beam 3 through the medium of a bell-crank lever 22,which is pivoted at 23 to the forward end of the inclined member 12 andhas one arm in sliding piv otal;,connec tien with the link 20anditsother arm projecting forwardly and formed at its end with aweighted portion 24, which extends down-j wardly in advance of the tableor beam 3 and carries a pin or screw 25 for loose contact with theforward face ofsaid table or beam. With this construction it will beapparent that the lever 22 will be oscillated in one direction by theforward movement of theta-'- ble or beam 3 and in theother.direct1on'by' gravity, due to the lowering of its weighted end asthe table or beam 3 recedes;

26 represents a finger which is secured to one of the dies 2 4 and is ofsuitable length to span the space between the coacting faces ofsaid dieswhen in open position whereby to support and hold a woof or stay wire 7in roper position to be secured to the warp or ine wires of the fabric,as is common in machines of this class.

In Figs. 3, 4, and 5, which illustrate a slightly-modified constructionof the invention, a repre'se js' the hanger-arm; b, the inchned membshown as beingsupported solely "b e'T-hanger-arm, as it does not haveits forward .end secured to the fixed table or beanii of theloom; c, theupper guidestrip; (1, the'ioscillatory fingers; ,e, the link connectlngthe fingers (Z, and f theoperatinglever, whichisfulcrurned to a boss orear 9 on the underside of the'member b and has its upper end in slidingpivotal connection with the lmk e and its lower end disposed in the pathof movement of the shoulder 3 which 1(Extends the length of the movabletable or eam 3.

With this construction thelever f has. its movement actuated inonedirection by the advancing-movement of the table or beam 3 and in theotherndirection by the Jiled contraction-spring 71', which has one endattached to the link 6, as at i, and its other end attached to theinclined member I), as at 7'.

In practice a suitable number of the magazine parts A are secured inspaced relation along the beam 9,with their suspended ends projectingbetweenthe paths of' movement of the dies 4 on the table or beam 3.- Themagazine-is usually filled with wire-sections 7 in the first instance byhand by the placing of a section above the same lip 21 21 of each finger19, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it being understood, of course, that thesame wire-section is in like engagement with the same fin- ;ger of eachmagazine part of the series. In Fig. l the movable table or beam 3 isshownas nearing its limit of forward movement with a wire-sectiondisposed between the coactlng faces of the dies in positiontorbe securedto the warp or line wires of the fabric, a wire-section disposed on theupper sur face of the die 4 in advance of the end ofthe inclined member12, and a wire-section disposed above the lip 21 of each finger 19. Oneach receding or rearward movement of the table or beam 3 thewire-section which rests on the dies 4 is caused to drop between thecoactingfaces thereof, due to the. rearward movement of "the dies, andbe sup orted by the fingers 26, and the fingers 19 on' the'inclinedmembers 12 are caused to oscillate in the r'o 'er direction. to reversethe positions of tile ipsi21 and 21 of'each finger 19, so that thelatterobstruct' the passa e-way through the magazine instead of theormer,

as shown inFig. 2, thus releasing'the wiresections'from the lips 21- andpermitting them to fall to engagement with the lips 21 of the fingers19. As the table or beam 3 moves forward the positions of the lips 21and 21 ofthefingers 19 areag'ain reversed, so that the wire-sections arereleased from the lips 21* and fall to the lips 21 next below, while thelowermost. section drops upon the ing the running of the loom. As thelowerdies 4. These operations are repeated duris'r'e'lea's'ed from thelower end of therefrom, thus maintainingthe magazine 'incoiistantly-replenished condition.

lt willbe'apparent with my construction of ma azine that one or more ofthe fingers for roc er-arms 19 may be employed, as the operator maydesire, that the wire-sections carried thereby are in full view erat r,so that a defective section may be per eived and removed before it hasbeen w en to the fabric and a perfect one substituted therefor, and thata positive and accurate feed of the sections from the magazine to theWeaving parts of the loom is accomplished.

Having thus described my invention, what I-claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is 1. 'In a magazine, a wire-receiving part,an oscillatory element having fixed projections for imparting anintermittent movement to the wires passing through the magazine when theelement is oscillated, and means for oscillating said element.

' .2. The combination with the inclinedway of a magazine, of anoscillatory member having two spaced fing'ersfixedly projecting there.from and formed with rounded upper surfaces, and means for oscillatingthe member to cause the fingers to alternately obstruct the passage-waythrough the magazine.

3. The combinationwith the inclined way of a magazine, of an oscillatorymember having one end provided with spaced projections which alternatelyobstruct the pasi, sage-way in the magazine when the member isoscillated, and means having connection with the other end of saidmember for effecting a-movem'ent thereof.

4-. A magazine comprising an inclined guide adapted to receive anddirect the cross-wires, means forplacing the wires into the upper end ofthe guide, oscillatory members associated with said guide and having aplurality of spaced pro ections wh ch are provided with roundedw1reengag1ng surfaces and alternately lie in the path of movement of thewires as the members are oscillated, and means for imparting-a likesimultaneous movement to all the members.

5. In a magazine, a wire-receiving part, a plurality ofoscillatorymembers associated therewith and having portions' projecting in the pathof movement of the Wire-sections therethrough, and means for effecting alike simultaneous movement of said members whereby the wire-sections arecaused to intermittently drop from one to the other thereof.

6. In a magazine, an inclined wire-receiving part, a series of sets ofoscillatory mem- .bers arranged in the plane of incline of said saidmembers.

of the op 'Ipart and each being fashioned'to twice in terrlupt thefeedof the wire-section's through the .part atf spa'ced points'therein asthe part-ing like simultaneous ,movements ,to

7. Th combination witha magazine for holding a plurality of-sections ofwire, of a plurality of elements disposed in spaced relation" along theinclined way thereof for the purpose of maintaining the wiresections inspaced relation during their passage through the magazine, saidelements'being capable of like movements in unison to effect a droppingof the wire-sections from one to the other thereof, and means forimparting movement to said members.

. -8. The'combination with a magazine for holding a plurality ofwire-sections, of a plurality of oscillatory members each having spacedportions disposed indifferent. horizontal planes along the inclined waythereof in position to impede the progress of the wire-sectionstherethrough, and means for oscillating the'fingers in unison to permita movement of the sections from one to the other of said portions andmembers.

9. In a wlre-fence loom, the combination with the drop-shaft andinclined'way for receiving and directing the course of the wiresectionsdropped from the shaft, of a plurality of rocker members disposedintermediate ,said shaft and the discharge end of the way,

said members each being formed with spaced portions which operate tomaintain the Wire-sections in spaced relation during-a considerableportion of their distance of travel through the way and cause them tohave a st ep-by-step -movement, and means for rocking said members.

10. The combination witha magazine for holding a plurality ofWire-sections, and a source of supply therefor, of rocker-arms havinglips fixedly projecting therefrom in position to alternately cross thepath of movement of the Wire-sections when the arms are rocked, wherebythe wire-sections have a spaced step by-step movement through themagazine, and means for rocking said arms.

11. ha magazine, the combination with an inclined way, of a plurality ofrocker-arms arranged in different horizontal planes and having portionsprojecting therefrom in position to alternately cross the passagethrough the inclined way when the arms are rocked, whereby to cause anobject to have a step-by-step movement during its passage through theway, a member connecting all i of said rocker-arms to cause them to rockin unison, and means for imparting a reciprocal movement to the member.

12. The combination with the inclined magazine of a wire-fencemachine,of a lurality of rocker members disposed in di ermember is" oscillated,and 'means f o'r 'im-.

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ent horizontal planes along the Way thereof, said members having one endformed with projections for alternately obstructing the passage-waythrough the magazine when the members are rocked, and means for rockingthe members.

13. The combination with a source of wire-supply, of a plurality ofinclined spaced Wire-receiving parts combining to forma magazine, aplurality of fingers associated with each of said parts and movable toeffect a step by-step movement to the Wire-sections passing through themagazine, said fingers each having spaced Wire ooao'ting parts.

14. T he combination with a drop-shaft, of amagazine associatedtherewith and comprising a plurality of spaced Wire-receiving parts, aseries of rocker-arms carried by each part for imparting a step-by-stepmovement 20 to the wires passing therethrough, each rocker-arm havingspaced wire coacting parts, a member connected to each series of armsand movable to effect a simultaneous movement thereof, and means forimparting 2 5 a like simultaneous movement to all of said members.

In' testimony whereof I have hereunto signed this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ORANGE S. STURTEVANT;

' Witnesses:

ANNA NooNE, E. H. GRIFFIN.

